Palisades Neighborhood Library

Adult Discussion Group of Teen Literature

Gary E. Schmidt has written another wonderful novel for teens and adults, Okay for Now. Enjoy reading about a teen who overcomes unpredictable hurdles. The group meets Monday April 23 at 4 p.m. Don't miss the experience of dealing with unexpected insights from a roomful of readers.Refreshments served.

Let's Talk About Freedom

Tweens and teens are invited to the Palisades Library Saturday, April 17, at 1:30 p.m.. The Hunger Games Trilogy will be discussed.What are the citizens of Panem yearning for? What does freedom mean to them?After the conversation, take the challenge of playing The Hunger Games Board Game, and enjoy Capitol refreshments.

The Graphic Novel Book Club has been exploring a variety of different books. This last month, we blasted into space with Astronaut Academy by Dave Roman. We had an in depth discussion about the art techniques used by the Graphic Novelist. For example, Dave Roman uses Renaissance art techniques in several of his panels, such as chiaroscuro (when one half of an object is blinded in light and the other in shadow). The kids looked at Renaissance paintings to compare how both used this lighting technique.

Test your pen in our Palisades Library Poetry Contest in honor of National Poetry Month. Winners and runners-up will be displayed at the poetry carnival April 27 at 4 p.m. At the Carnival, two winners (one in ages 6-9 and one in ages 10-12) will be presented with a blank book and quill pen as a prize.

Speak Easy Salon

Both the Palisades and Northwest One Neighborhood Libraries promoted the literature by African authors living in the United States. Speak Easy Salon members read The House at Sugar Beachby Helene Cooper. Readers noted that while they knew of Liberia's colonization by freed Africans from the United States, they see little or nothing in the news about Liberia today. Helene Cooper's memoir provides a rich rendering of the life forged by these pioneering families.

The room was charged with electricity last week as young scientists harnessed the power of static.About 20 participants met for an array of experiments testing the reactions of different objects to static electricity. To start out with, they charged up their balloons by rubbing them back and forth on their heads.